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shiny

[shahy-nee]

adjective

shinier, shiniest 
  1. bright or glossy in appearance.

    Synonyms: , ,
  2. filled with light, as by sunshine.

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  3. rubbed or worn to a glossy smoothness, as clothes.



shiny

/ ˈʃɪɪ /

adjective

  1. glossy or polished; bright

  2. (of clothes or material) worn to a smooth and glossy state, as by continual rubbing

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • shinily adverb
  • shininess noun
  • unshiny adjective
  • ˈ󾱲ԾԱ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of shiny1

First recorded in 1580–90; shine 1 + -y 1
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He does this by flashing shiny, fleeting baubles that further his parochial interests, while more consequential matters drift by like a passing cloud, unnoticed – leaving the hard, complex stuff to fade into neglect.

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Bundy is the book’s charismatic centerpiece, a handsome, well-dressed sociopath in shiny patent-leather shoes, flitting from college to college, job to job, corpse to corpse.

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Everything about the guitars — the wood, the shiny metal, the strings, the sound — I love it.

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As Washington made his way into the Grand Théâtre Lumière, he looked pleasantly confused when a photographer caught his attention by waving a shiny quartz stone at him.

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Of course, no one within the program was complaining about the prospect of a shiny new ballpark — least of all Andy Stankiewicz, the Trojans’ coach.

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